/r/WhatIsThisPainting
A place to find out if you have a lost masterpiece or if it's just a garage sale treasure! Please see below for submission guidelines, sub rules, and related subreddits.
Submission Guidelines
Make sure to do a Google Image Search first to see if your work comes up.
Include as much information as you know about the work - Medium, how it came into your possession, etc. Add more information about the work in the comments if you are able to.
Make sure to link to the images directly, use imgur or another site to upload the photos if need be. Additional photos can be posted in the comments.
Subreddit Rules
Be civil and remember reddiquette.
Unhelpful responses to a post - not guesses, but memes, "that's a quarter" type responses, "THIS!", jokes, etc - will likely be removed. Repeat offenders will be banned.
When what you're looking for is found, please set it to "Solved" using the "flair" link below your title/text.
Only one post per artwork is allowed. Extra photos should be added to the comments of the original post.
Make sure to post at least one picture of the whole artwork. Try to add a picture of the back of the frame, and a close-up of the signature. Every detail helps.
Don't ask how much your piece is worth. Appraisals are not allowed here - try /r/whatsthisworth instead.
No 3D artwork is allowed here. This sub is limited to questions about 2D art - paintings, prints, drawings, etc.
Self promotion is not allowed. Don't post your own artworks.
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Picked this up a few days ago. The frame is a modern quality one and the etching is proficient. I know it's Budapest; Buda castle/palace from fisherman's bastion. And it's 10/50 limited edition. Artist's signature on the right. I can't make it out or the other writing. I'm guessing it could be Hungarian though no guarantee.
Last painting my husband had been saving
Hello, just cleaning out closets. Any info appreciated. Thanks
Bought at a value village in Canada. When I reverse image it, I get mostly West Coast Indigenous/Haida images. There are no markings/name. (Pls ignore the pink circle)
Hello,
i inherited these two graphics from my aunt. She had them in her flat all my life. I remember looking at them as a child, being deeply fascinated. I think i can read the name "Michael Hofmann", who is an artist born in 1944. But his style is completetly different. Furthermore i dont know if the picturers are heavily washed from sunlight. Maybe someone can find more about them or can read the name of the artist better?
Thanks for every information!
This is a painting that hung above the piano in the living room on the Mike & Molly show. I've tried to find it for years, with no success. Anyone know who painted it?
I know what it looks like but for the life of me can't find that damn thing.
The painting is of a grassy field/hill, there's a cow stnding near and in the distance on the hill- two naked people are presumably having sex. That's all there is to it.
I've tried every combination of words I could think of on Google but got nothing.. If anyone could tell me the name of this piece I'd be sooooo grateful! Thank you for reading ^_^
Hello! This is officially my first Reddit post ever. This was given to me by a family friend, it was her parents. She believes the artist is Dutch but we are unable to make out the name. Appears to start with Th? I’ll put a better look of the signature in the comments. Thanks!
I can’t tell if its like an actual piece or something made by my dad or his friends.. help!w
This is the reverse of what you guys look like you usually do here, and it's definitely a long shot.
My parents purchased a painting they loved when they first got married. During a cross-country move, it was lost. Never turned up at the new house. In the chaos, we didn't realise it was missing. I want to find it for their 50th anniversary.
I'm hoping beyond hope that if I describe it here, someone might have an idea. My parents don't remember the artist, and my description will be kind of vague, because it's what I remember from my childhood.
It would have been purchased in the early 80s, I believe in Illinois, but maybe not. I don't know whether it was a print or an original.
The scene is rural farmland, but more fields of wheat than fields of corn. The sky in the painting is tumultuous, evoking the feeling of an incoming storm. Looks like it could make a tornado almost.The colours are muted golds and grey greens. Along with fields of grain, the painting also features a road or pathway leading to a farmhouse in the background. Walking on the road/path, toward the farmhouse, with backs to the viewer is an adult and I think a child, I believe they were holding hands. I don't remember a lot of detail to the figures.. not necessarily silhouettes, but not really the focal point either.
The overall feeling of the painting,as I remember it, is kind of ominous, like they are trying to make their way home before the storm hits.
If you guys can give me any help, point me in any direction, that would be incredible. I've looked everywhere, and I think it might be hopeless.
Thanks so much!
*Edit- you guys have gotten me closer than I have ever been! Still not sure, and I'm going to have to ruin the surprise and show some of these to my parents, but it's so worth it!
I'm not going to mark it as solved yet, if anyone has additional ideas, I'd love to hear them. Wyeths style and some of his paintings are dead on, and a painting by Albertus E Jones is close enough to have me questioning my memories so we are on the right track.
I will update if I find anything and mark it as solved once I know a little more 💚
This painting of Archibald Russell by Peter Scott is stunning. I would like help identifying whether the painter is in fact the well known Peter Scott (WWF) and what year it is likely to have been made.
We aquired this painting in a storage unit. The painting caught my eye amongst all the others because of its texture and the signature with the small red symbol next to it. I was hoping somebody would recognise the name. Thank you in advance!